Farmers Increase Protests, Expand Blockade In Greece

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December 8, 1996

ATHENS — Farmers decided Saturday to widen their protests, ignoring appeals by officials to end the paralyzing transportation blockade. Police said they counted more than 90 blockades of roads and railroad lines by thousands of tractors. They sent officers to guard the Corinth canal after farmers' threats that they would barricade its bridge. The farmers are demanding price supports, cheaper fuel, the rescheduling of $1.3 billion in debts and a lower value-added tax on equipment.